The council's Campbell Fuller said it was too early to provide a breakdown of the claims, but it was clear Hobart's CBD and southern suburbs had been the hardest hit.

"It's very much about residential property damage, as well as some motor vehicle claims. We've seen plenty of vision of vehicles being washed down streets and those kind of things," he told ABC Radio Hobart.

"We encourage anyone who has been affected to contact their insurers because their insurers are standing by to provide the guidance they require."

There were reports of some Tasmanians being stranded without cover, due to a policy distinction between rain inundation and floodwater cover.

But Mr Fuller said he knew of "only a handful of cases" which had been problematic, with "96 to 97 per cent of the policies on the market" including flood cover.

In most cases, Mr Fuller said photographs, videos and damage samples would suffice to get claims moving.

"Get rid of anything that poses a health hazard and take photographs and get them out of the property as quickly as you can. You don't need festering mouldy furniture and carpets in your property," he said.

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